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Indiana
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Ibero-Amerikanisches Institut Preußischer
Kulturbesitz
Alemania
Durán-Merk, Alma; Merk, Stephan
I declare this to be my last will: Teobert Malers testament and its execution
Indiana, núm. 28, 2011, pp. 339-357
Ibero-Amerikanisches Institut Preußischer Kulturbesitz
Berlin, Alemania
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Alma Durán-Merk and Stephan Merk*
I declare this to be my last will:
Teobert Maler’s testament and its execution
Abstract: Previously unknown, the notarial will of the Maya researcher
Teobert Maler and its corresponding testamentary are examined here. These
legal documents provide information about Maler’s material legacy, its
inventory and appraisal, the inheritors and other parties involved in this
bequeathal, as well as how Maler’s may have ended up in some archives and
private collections after his death in 1917.
Keywords: Teobert Maler; Maya research; Testament; Mexico; 20th Century.
Resumen: Este artículo analiza detalladamente el hasta ahora desconocido
testamento de Teobert Maler y el cómo se desarrolló el juicio testamentario
relacionado con el mismo. Examina el inventario, la evaluación y distribución del legado de este explorador del área Maya.
Palabras clave: Teoberto Maler; Mayista; Testamento; México; Siglo XX.
Maler had an extraordinary, enigmatic, fascinating and eccentric personality; he was a
maverick with vision and great discipline, a soldier, adventurer, linguist, photographer,
architect, researcher, discoverer and archaeologist. His professional procedures equaled
those of archaeologists, at a time when archaeology did not yet exist as a modern
scien...